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Oil Devotion Could Mean Climate No Motion

by Keith SchneiderMay 7, 2010May 7, 20101

The one-foot waves today in the Gulf of Mexico were described as â€œtranquilâ€ as BP started to lower a 70-ton case through 5,000 feet of water to contain the source of an oil leak that threatens the shorelines of four states. Guiding the steel cover over the well shaft in pitch-black waters at crushing depths, said engineers, is like floating a toy parachute off the Empire State Building and landing on a paperclip in the …

Koch Industries Finances Climate Denier Factions

by Keith SchneiderMarch 31, 2010March 31, 20100

The work to achieve a climate and energy bill in the United States is moving with considerably slower momentum this spring than it did at the same time last year. A number of factors contribute, not the least of which is the time and focus that the White House and Democrats in Congress devoted to enacting a national health care bill, which passed earlier this month.Â Another factor is the flagging U.S. economy and the …